Maragh-Bass, Allysha C.
Sloan, Danetta Hendricks
Alghanim, Fahid
Knowlton, Amy R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (R01 DA019413)
National Institues of Health (R34 DA034314)
HIV Prevention Trials Network Scholars Program
Center for Innovative Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (1P30AI094189)
Article History
Accepted: 24 September 2020
First Online: 14 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: None.
: The present research included human subjects only. The research detailed in the manuscript was conducted in accordance with Institutional Review Board ethical standards regarding the treatment of human subjects. All work described was carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans.
: Data were collected between March and October of 2014, at our research center located off-campus near Johns Hopkins Hospital. Written consent was obtained from all participants for interviews and focus groups. The principal investigator and three trained research team members conducted interviews and focus groups. Participants completed computer-assisted personal interview with a trained interviewer, and completed separate written informed consent, even if they had participated in previous interviews and/or focus groups. All study procedures and materials were fully approved by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institutional Review Board.